What are the advantages and disadvantages of haveing a wider board?

Question

What are the advantages and disadvantages of haveing a wider board?

Answer 1

The advantages of a wider board is that they are made for people with wider feet and can be stable when you do jumps.

You shouldnt get a wider board if you dont need it. One other advantage that no one else has said is that wider boards give better  powder floatation.

These would be the only reasons why you would want a wide board.

The disadvantages is that turning will feel a bit different. You may need to lean more.

I would not go with a wide board unless you really need it to prevent the heel and toe drag, or if you like to play in the powder.

Answer 2

the only reason you should get a board labeled "Wide" is if your boots drag in the snow and trip you up, which means you got bigass dinosaur feet. Other than that it doesn't make TOO much difference, you just don't get the same response and won't turn as quickly because you won't get the right pressure on the edges.

Answer 3

The advantages of having a wider board is that when you grind IT IS SO MUCH EASIER!!!! The disadvantages of having a wider board is that when you turn you can't make any sharp turns. One other disadvantage is that when you jump it's ALOT  HEAVIER THAN A REGULAR BOARD!!!

If you like to go backcountry i wold sugest a smaller board.

Answer 4

it doesn't really matter unless your boots are a lot wider than your board because you might catch your toes while turning but you also can get risers for your bindings

Answer 5

+ if you have big feet your toes/heels won't hang over the edges

- can be harder to turn

Wide boards are mainly made to accomodate large feet so if you don't need the extra width don't bother buying the wide model, stick with the regular.

Answer 6

well a wider board will help your toes and heels not drag it also provides a higher level of stability usually a wider board is preferred for park riding a thinner board though will give you more acceleration and speed i hope i helped :)